Editing 1357 (section)

=== January&ndash;December ===
* [[February 3]] &ndash; The [[Estates General (France)|Estates General]] in [[Kingdom of France|France]] meets and passes [[Étienne Marcel]]'s [[Great Ordinance of 1357|Great Ordinance]] in an attempt to impose limits on the [[French monarchy|monarchy]], in particular in fiscal and monetary matters.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Michelet|first1=Jules|last2=Smith|first2=G. H.|title=History of France: from the earliest period to the present time|year=1845|publisher=D. Appleton & Co.|page=442|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t2Je9tWfiZgC&q=Great+Ordinance+of+1357&pg=PA442|volume=1}}</ref>
* [[April 28]] &ndash; [[Eric XII of Sweden|Erik Magnusson]] is recognized as king of most of Sweden, in opposition to his father, King [[Magnus IV of Sweden|Magnus]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Schybergson|first=Magnus Gottfrid|title=Finlands historia|year=1903|publisher=G. W. Edlund|page=90|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ju4KAAAAIAAJ&q=28+april+1357|language=sv|volume=2}}</ref>
* [[May 28]] &ndash; [[Peter I of Portugal|Peter I]] becomes King of [[Kingdom of Portugal|Portugal]], after the death of his father, [[Afonso IV of Portugal|Alfonso IV]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Americana|title=Oporto to Photoengraving|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eflGAAAAMAAJ&q=strengthened+royal+authority+by+vigorously|year=2004|publisher=Scholastic Library Publishing|volume=21|isbn=978-0-7172-0138-9|page=803}}</ref>
* [[July 9]] &ndash; Construction formally begins on [[Charles Bridge]] in [[Prague]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Burton|first=Richard|title=Prague: a cultural and literary history|year=2003|publisher=Signal Books|isbn=978-1-902669-63-2|page=24|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G0uaU8M2bosC&q=charles+bridge+9+July+1357&pg=PA24}}</ref>
* [[July 22]] &ndash; On the death of [[Jani Beg]], he is succeeded as Khan of the [[Blue Horde]] by his son [[Berdi Beg]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Perrie|first1=Maureen|last2=Lieven|first2=D. C. B.|last3=Suny|first3=Ronald Grigor|title=The Cambridge History of Russia: From early Rus' to 1689|year=2006|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-81227-6|page=154|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GQcviLmjNm0C&q=Berdibek+1357&pg=PA154}}</ref> who orders the death of at least 12 of his close kinsmen to secure his position.
* [[October 3]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Berwick (1357)|Treaty of Berwick]] ends the [[Second War of Scottish Independence]] and King [[David II of Scotland]] is released by the English in return for a ransom.<ref>{{cite book|last=Brown|first=Keith M.|editor-last=Tanner|editor-first=Roland|title=Parliament and politics in Scotland, 1235–1560|year=2004|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=978-0-7486-1485-1|page=16|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7SMfrAIkWksC&q=David+-+after+his+release+in+1357&pg=PA74}}</ref>